Older observers' tolerance of optical blur: Age differences in the identification of defocused text signs

Human Factors

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 356-364

  Kline, Donald W ^a,b   Buck, Kimberly ^a   Sell, Yvonne ^a   Bolan, Thomas L ^a   Dewar, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; PHOTOPIC VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0033373964     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872099779611049     Document Type: Article

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